We could all use some good news to motivate us during these tough times and I wanted to share some with you today, along with our response to the current crisis. When REDF expanded beyond our base in California to become a national organization nearly five years ago, we set an exceptionally ambitious goal ― …
At REDF, we are thinking of our social enterprise partners and grantees during this challenging time. The current situation is causing economic ripples that are difficult for their businesses and the people they serve. As efforts to halt the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continue, we recognize the impacts on bottom lines and employees may …
Employment social enterprise proponents offered ample fresh ideas about catalytic policies during a Town Hall that I convened with fellow Commissioner Maria Salinas, the CEO of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, to provide formal input to the California Future of Work Commission as it heads toward completion of a report to the Governor to …
In a powerful speech at Stanford University in 1967 on “The Other America,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. rang an alarm bell: “But we must see that the struggle today is much more difficult because we are struggling now for genuine equality. It’s much easier to integrate a lunch counter than it is to guarantee …